About
Hi, I’m Mila. I am a registered clinical counsellor located in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I specialize in areas such as trauma, life transitions, anxiety, depression, and OCD.
My approach is warm, nonjudgemental and sprinkled with dry humour. I use evidence-based techniques to help my clients build resilience, cope with life’s challenges, and develop a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationships. My approach to therapy is grounded in cognitive-behavioral (CBT), dialectical behavioural (DBT), existential and relational approaches.
My experiences as a queer person and a first generation immigrant shape my approach to therapy. I have a deep understanding of how different identities and systems shape the way we move through the world. I welcome folks of all genders, sexualities and relationship structures. I am also sex-positive and kink-informed.
Education & Training
Registered Clinical Counsellor - British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors
Master of Counselling, City University of Seattle
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, University of Alberta
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Exposure and Response Prevention (EXRP)
Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for OCD
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and skills training
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
Prolonged Exposure
Written Exposure Therapy
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy
I acknowledge that I am a settler living on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations that they have stewarded since time immemorial.